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"The first two or three drills I saw were full court, and he was bringing the ball up as if he were a guard. I had heard his name. I hadn't seen him play. When somebody said, 'Anthony Davis' I had to turn to one of the scouts and say, 'That's him?'

^^About that Davis coast-to-coast play and his ballhandling, going with Spolestra's comments: I have to kinda disagree with my man Kibner and Throne. Sure, any NBA player should be able to dribble full court in a straight line with some sort of competency, but for Davis to not only attempt that when most coaches would have blown a gasket for a big man even trying that, but to outrun the two Heat players that were essentially AHEAD of him, WHILE pressuring him, then splitting them for a layup is definitely something most big men outside of LO cannot do.

For a big man, that was quite impressive, albeit it was just one play. Hopefully we'll see it more to see if that was just a fluke or not.

^^About that Davis coast-to-coast play and his ballhandling, going with Spolestra's comments: I have to kinda disagree with my man Kibner and Throne. Sure, any NBA player should be able to dribble full court in a straight line with some sort of competency, but for Davis to not only attempt that when most coaches would have blown a gasket for a big man even trying that, but to outrun the two Heat players that were essentially AHEAD of him, WHILE pressuring him, then splitting them for a layup is definitely something most big men outside of LO cannot do.

For a big man, that was quite impressive, albeit it was just one play. Hopefully we'll see it more to see if that was just a fluke or not.

^^About that Davis coast-to-coast play and his ballhandling, going with Spolestra's comments: I have to kinda disagree with my man Kibner and Throne. Sure, any NBA player should be able to dribble full court in a straight line with some sort of competency, but for Davis to not only attempt that when most coaches would have blown a gasket for a big man even trying that, but to outrun the two Heat players that were essentially AHEAD of him, WHILE pressuring him, then splitting them for a layup is definitely something most big men outside of LO cannot do.

For a big man, that was quite impressive, albeit it was just one play. Hopefully we'll see it more to see if that was just a fluke or not.

Look at this video. Chalmers barely trouts after Davis and Lewis jogs. Both go 1/4 speed and 1/2 speed respectively. And neither attempts to stop him until after he's already in the paint. At which point he picks the ball up and makes the lay-up. Albeit a tough lay-up at that point. But don't fool yourself to thank Davis just beat these two guys with his unbelievable handles and blazing speed with the ball in the open court. the 2 defenders just weren't trying very hard. You won't see that in the real games.